Life Without Changes

[The Yale School of Architecture. Paul Rudolph.] Things have slowed down here on Life Without Buildings as I’ve been preparing for another major move. I’ve lived in San Francisco for three years now and it has been an absolutely incredible time. The city is impossibly beautiful and the people I’ve been lucky enough to meet [...]

On Influence: Batman, Gotham City, and an Overzealous Architecture Historian With a Working Knowledge of Explosives

[Looking west from across the Gotham River, by Anton Furst] New York, Dubai, Tokyo, Moscow, Gotham. Every city in every atlas—real and fictional— has a unique character shaped by history and geography. More than a mere sense of place derived from architecture and planning, cities have a feeling that pervades the consciousness of those who [...]